Sanna’s areas of expertise are well-being and health, social contacts and socioeconomic factors in middle and older age. She is also interested in social inequalities and school engagement, school burnout, and mental health amongst young people. She uses a range of longitudinal and multilevel methods, especially those based on structural equation modelling.

Her current work at the CPEC includes projects on inequalities, service use and dementia, and public attitudes to social care funding.